I've elected to put off my Christmas fic until next year (everything happened all at once and I simply didn't have time for it), but since I didn't want to just not type anything up, I figured now would be as good a time as any for another chapter of this.
As I said before, this is one of the last few chapters remaining, and hopefully you'll stick around for the end. Anywho, nothing much to say here, so here we go!
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Final Battle Part II - Resolution & The Sword of Friendship!
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Canterlot Castle Courtyard, 10:03 AM
"Everypony stay back... I'll handle him." Keldeo's voice, though a bit shaky from fear, was firm and strong. Kyurem wasted no time charging forward toward Keldeo, the grass below his feet frosting over with each stride he took. The young Pokémon barely had time to grab Spike's unconscious form and jump out of its way, laying him down near his friends before strafing right. The ice dragon watched him closely, keeping an eye out for any openings to attack.
"What's the matter, child? Lost your nerve?"
"Hardly..." 'But I really don't know what to do here... None of my Water-Type moves will do much... And I don't know any Fighting-Type attacks... Damn it... If only I could use-'
"Enough standing around!" The massive creature began to prepare another Ice Beam attack, snapping Keldeo out of his thoughts.
"Crap... I guess this will have to do!" The pony Pokémon rushed at Kyurem, his hooves spewing jets of water to speed him up quickly. He launched himself off the ground, yelling out in fury as his tail began to glow blue. "Aqua Tail!" The Dragon-Type looked up just in time for Keldeo's tail to slam directly into the top of his head, causing him to growl a bit. Keldeo allowed himself a smirk before jumping away, landing on all fours. 'That worked for now... But if I'm gonna really hit him hard, then I'll have to...'
Kyurem glared at Keldeo, letting out a deep growl of anger. "Bastard..." The entire area started to get colder, sending a shiver up everypony's spines. Harsh blue light appeared in various spots above him, coming together to form something. Keldeo's eyes widened a bit. He recognized this attack from a description given to him by Cobalion once, when he asked about why Lacunosa was deserted.
"O-Oh no... Everypony, run! He's gonna-"
"Glaciate!" Multiple wickedly sharp needles of ice formed around the hulking frozen creature, all aimed directly at the group of ponies before him. Almost without warning, they all ripped through the air toward them. Everypony began dodging frantically, avoiding all except one, which flew right for...
"R-Rarity!" Keldeo galloped in her direction as fast as his legs would allow, water speeding him toward her, and time seemed to slow down. His body began to glow as he ran, softly at first, then a bit more harshly. "No, no, NO!" He leaped, and a flash of light blinded everypony to what had happened. When the light disappeared, Keldeo and Rarity were nowhere to be seen, the needle of ice jutting out of the ground where they had been. Everypony stared, and Fluttershy was suprisingly the first one to speak.
"...K-Keldeo...? Rarity...?" Rainbow Dash looked at the now frozen patch of grass, then Kyurem, her face contorting with anger.
"You... What the Hell did you do?! Where are they?!" Kyurem growled in anger.
"...I missed." This suprised them all, especially Discord, who began frantically searching for the two.
"What do you mean you missed?! I thought you had this covered!"
"Something happened beyond my control, you mismatched fool! Look over there! This is bad for us!" The entire group, Discord included, turned to follow Kyurem's glare. To their suprise, they saw Rarity, who looked unscathed, being held by Keldeo on his back, though his appearance had changed dramatically. He now seemed slightly bulkier, his fur now longer around his neck. His tail and mane also seemed a bit more grown out, his mane topped by three thin feathers: one blue, one orange, and one green, representing his masters back home. His horn and head adornments had also changed, the two appendages on his head changing to look like fins to be more aerodynamic, and his horn was now twice as large as before, now a deep blue color.
Rarity opened her eyes, noticing she hadn't been struck with Kyurem's attack. Her gaze traveled down, and her eyes lit up when she realized Keldeo had saved her life. She threw her hooves around him, squealing with delight. "Oohh, Keldeo, you saved me! You truly are my knight in shining armor..." A grin graced the Pokémon's lips, and he let her off his back.
"I... Look different... I didn't know I could do something like this..." He looked over to his marefriend now. "Are you okay, Rarity? You didn't get hurt, right?" He checked her quickly for wounds, and seeing none, sighed with relief. "Good... Now... Time to take care of him." His face became serious, and he glared right at the Ice-Type. Discord stared at Keldeo, growling before looking back at Kyurem.
"What happened to him? What's going on?"
"He changed... Some Pokémon have the ability to transform in a manner other than evolution. Keldeo is one example of this. However... I am as well." He let out a growl, his body beginning to glow as Keldeo's had before. Discord's eyes lit up, and he began laughing.
"Really?! Why didn't you tell me you could to that?!" Ignoring his question, Kyurem began to change. His body now stood upright, becoming larger and longer. His arms began to bulk up, becoming massive as his left arm froze over. The wings on his back began to recede, now forming around both shoulders and growing different wing-like features out of the top, the left one frozen just as his arm was. The ice on his face began to change as well, one half of the top of it forming into what appeared to be a jagged antennae of some sort and the bottom splitting to allow his mouth to become more prominant. His tail morphed into something resembling a large, conical generator, two tubes shooting out of his shoulders to 'plug in' to four holes on his tail. He let out a loud roar, shaking the very earth everypony stood on as the light seemed to jump off of him before disappearing.
Keldeo stared, his confidence seeming to disappear with the light. "W-Wha... I had no idea he could do that..." The now even-more-massive ice dragon laughed darkly.
"Time for you to die, little 'swordsman'..." Keldeo backed up slightly, his body trembling. He looked to his friends, then his marefriend, then back to Kyurem. His face became serious again, and he made his vow.
"...No... I won't be scared anymore... I will fight! And I will WIN!" His horn began to glow, the Secret Sword attack forming with no trouble. He rushed Kyurem, water shooting out of his hooves and making him almost too fast to follow with the eyes. Kyurem looked around for him, not showing the slight panic he felt.
"I-Impossible... He's too fast...!" He let out an furious growl, an idea coming to him. "Fine! I'll simply freeze the entire area! Let's see you move then!" A ball of blue light formed in his hands, and he raised them skyward. "Blizzard!" Sure enough, a blizzard had formed, freezing part of the castle and most of the courtyard, the group of ponies and Spike being spared by way of Celestia forming a powerful magical shield around them. Keldeo slipped on the ice, all his speed vanishing instantly as he landed on his face.
"Oww... Clever... Something I probably never would have thought of..." He slowly got to his hooves, being careful not to slip again. "I wonder..." He allowed water to flow out of his hooves once more, forming an area where he could walk normally. When he saw his plan had worked, the pony Pokémon allowed himself a small smirk. Kyurem didn't find this amusing, however, and formed a massive ball of lightning in his hands. "Enough of this... You're finished! Fusion Bolt!
Keldeo never lost his smirk, and spoke, his horn glowing once more. "Kyurem... You lose." Kyurem's eyes widened when Keldeo seemingly disappeared again. It didn't take long for him to find the swordsman, however, because not one second later, he felt something slash into his stomach, the pain traveling along his side and out to his back.
"Wha..."
"Secret Sword!" As soon as those words were uttered, he felt a wound open where he had felt pain before, blood spilling out of the creature as he fell to the ground, defeated. The Fusion Bolt attack simply fizzled out, as he no longer had the power to keep it stable. Unable to stay conscious from the pain, Kyurem blacked out, returning to his normal form with a soft growl. Discord began to panic now, his plan to take over Equestria crumbling before him.
"No... This can't be happening!" Celestia stepped forward, her face full of anger toward the draconequus.
"Face it, Discord... You've lost. Again." Discord growled, his teeth clenched in anger.
"I don't think so...! I'm not finished yet!" He began rushing toward the Elements of Harmony, deciding that taking them out would be his best bet. He stopped, however, when he felt something holding his tail. His gaze quickly made its way backwards, and he froze at what he saw. Keldeo's horn was glowing in the same manner as Twilight's would when she was performing magic, a similar glow around his tail. Keldeo was using magic to hold him back. "You... Let go of me!"
"No way! These ponies have told me about you, you know. All the crap you put them through... I usually see the good in everything. But you... You're unredeemable. Pure evil. And you have to be taken care of for good." His magic began pulling him backwards, throwing him away from his friends. "And I have to do it. But I can't do it alone. Girls! It's time! Princess Celestia, hold him back!" Nodding, the white Alicorn cast a spell to hold Discord against the ground as each of the Elements of Harmony began to glow. At this, Discord's panic changed into a cocky smile.
"Oh, no, you're going this route again! Not those, oh, ANYTHING but those!" He let out a laugh, causing Twilight to smirk.
"Not quite, Discord. We're going to be doing things a bit differently this time around. Keldeo, you ready?" The Pokémon nodded. Twilight smiled and looked to her friends. "Let's end this once and for all." The six mares began floating as they always did when using the Elements, with Twilight in the middle. The rainbow-colored beam formed between them, amassing at the gem in Twilight's crown. A similar light formed at the tip of Keldeo's horn, linking them as the beam began building in power. Discord realized what they were doing, and his smile disappeared as he began struggling against the magic holding him down.
"Wait, no, don't! I can change, I swear!" Keldeo stomped his hoof, cracking some of the leftover ice from Kyurem's blizzard.
"No, Discord... You aren't capable of change! Accept your fate! You, who wish only evil upon the world... Prepare yourself for judgement!" As he spoke, Keldeo's horn became coated in a multi-colored light. "Accept the Sword of Friendship!" Discord scoffed at the name of their attack.
"Sword of Friendship? Lame!" Keldeo growled and jumped upwards, and everything seemed to slow down again. The light cloaking Keldeo's horn extended, forming a rather large blade. The Pokémon dived down, his water rocketing him toward Discord's draconequus continued struggling in vain, finally giving up moments before Keldeo reached him. "...So I really lose, huh..."
The multi-colored blade pierced through Discord's chest, causing a large burst of light to explode outward, enveloping everypony. With a pained yell, Discord's body began to disintegrate, blowing away until he was no more. The light slowly faded, and Keldeo reverted to normal. The girls all surrounded him, Rarity giving him a very loving kiss. Reluctantly, she broke it, smiling wide at him. "Keldeo... You did it! WE did it! We saved Equestria!" Keldeo smiled back at each of them.
"Yeah... We did it. And now... I think I need a nap..." With a weak chuckle, Keldeo dropped to the ground, his energy completely spent. The last thing he saw was Rarity's concerned face before all went black.
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Whew... Long chapter. But I think I've wrapped that up nicely.
In case you don't know what Resolute Forme Keldeo looks like, here: cdn . bulbagarden upload / 7 / 7 c / 647 Keldeo - Resolute . png
And Black Kyurem (the thing Kyurem changed into): cdn . bulbagarden upload / 1 / 16 / 646 Kyurem - Black . png
Just take out the spaces and enjoy. So, final actual chapter next time, possibly followed by an epilogue (haven't decided yet, but most likely). Oh, and Keldeo's okay. Just exhausted. We're almost at the end, guys! ^_^
Peace out, yo!
~DarkLordK~
